Philip Edwin Bartlett (Ted) SHEPHERD

SHEPHERD, Philip Edwin Bartlett

Service Number: 582
Enlisted: 24 March 1915, C Company
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Taree, New South Wales, Australian , 1897
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Cobden State School, Victoria, Australian
Occupation: Bank Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 29 November 1915
Cemetery: Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC
Plot 1, Row A, Grave 10 Originally buried in Browns Dip South Cemetery,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

24 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 582, 24th Infantry Battalion, C Company
10 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 582, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 582, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
1 Sep 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 24th Infantry Battalion
29 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 582, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 582 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-11-29

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Philip Edwin Bartlett SHEPHERD was born in Taree, New South Wales in 1897

His parents were Philip Edward SHEPHERD & Edith BARTLETT who married in NSW in 1896

He had 4 years previous service with the Senior Cadets before he enlisted in Melbourne on 24th March, 1915 and embarked as a Private with the 24th Infantry Battalion, C Company on the ship Euripides on 10th May, 1915 - he was promoted to Sergeant on 1st September, 1915

Philip was Killed in Action at Gallipoli on 29th November, 1915 and was buried in Browns Dip South Cemetery at Gallipoli and later reinterred in Lone Pine Cemetery (Plot 1, Row A, Grave 10)

Medals:  1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal

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